Lopi 12 No. 14 — Round-Yoke Sweater and Hat Knitting Pattern

Astrid Ellingsen’s round-yoke sweater from Ístex’s Lopi 12, knitted in Álafosslopi for women and men, with a sleeve length for each. It is black heather with a white and light grey yoke — small white motifs, a light grey band that zigzags into white, a white band and a speckled line, slanting white waves, small white and grey motifs, and short white stripes up to a folded neckband — and a white and grey border above the ribbed hem and cuffs. Page 3 of the leaflet has a plain black heather hat by Guðrún Jónsdóttir, the one she wears in the photo. One colour version, five sizes from XS to XL. The leaflet prints only the colour numbers (the names here are our shop’s); all three colours are still made.

What you get

• The knitting pattern in English (PDF), emailed right after purchase — nothing is posted
• Five sizes, XS to XL
• Sleeve lengths for women and for men
• The plain hat on page 3, by Guðrún Jónsdóttir
• Two charts — the border above the rib and the yoke — with a colour key
• Yarn and needles are not included. The kit has this pattern and the yarn for the sweater in the largest size (XL) — not the extra ball for the hat: the sweater kit

Yarn used in the pattern (not included)

Sweater: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · sizes XS (S M L XL) — the leaflet prints only the colour numbers; the names are the ones our shop uses
M 0005 black heather — 6 (7 7 8 8)
A 0051 white — 2 (2 2 2 2)
B 0056 ash heather — 1 (1 1 1 1)

Hat: Álafosslopi — 100 g balls · one amount for the hat, from its own list — the name is the one our shop uses
A 0005 black heather — 1

Sizes — sweater

Size — hat
The hat’s size line reads “STÆRÐ S M L” (stærð is Icelandic for size), but its instructions give two sizes: 63 or 66 stitches, knitted 21 or 22 cm before the crown. No measurements are printed; at the pattern’s gauge that is about 48½ or 51 cm (19 or 20″) round (our calculation).

Gauge
13 sts × 18 rows = 10 cm (4″) in stocking stitch on 6 mm needles — the same for the sweater and the hat.

Needles
4½ mm (US 7) circular needle, 80 cm, for the hem rib
6 mm (US 10) circular needles, 40 and 80 cm, for the body and the yoke
4½ mm (US 7) double-pointed needles for the cuffs and the neckband
Hat: 6 mm (US 10) double-pointed needles
By our reading the sweater’s sleeves need 6 mm (US 10) double-pointed needles too: they change to 6 mm with only 42 or 48 stitches, too few for a 40 cm circular. The sweater’s list leaves them out; the hat’s list has them
The pattern calls a circular needle a “twin pin”

You will also need
Stitch holders for the underarm stitches (the pattern lists them), and a tapestry needle for grafting the underarms and sewing down the neckband — the pattern’s list leaves it out.

How it is knitted
Sweater: knitted in the round from the bottom up. The body is cast on in black heather (M) with 118 (124, 130, 136, 140) stitches on the 4½ mm circular and knitted in knit 1, purl 1 rib for 6 (6, 6, 7, 7) cm; on 6 mm, 14 (14, 14, 14, 16) stitches are increased evenly, to 132 (138, 144, 150, 156), chart 1 — a 9-round border — is knitted, and the body goes on in M to 38 (40, 42, 43, 44) cm. The sleeves are cast on with 28 (30, 30, 32, 32) stitches on 4½ mm double-pointed needles, ribbed for 6 (6, 6, 7, 7) cm and increased evenly to 42 (42, 42, 48, 48) on 6 mm; the same border is knitted, then M — “and at the same time” 2 stitches are increased at the underarm every 7th round for the women’s length or every 8th round for the men’s, 6 (7, 8, 7, 8) times, to 54 (56, 58, 62, 64). The sleeves are knitted to 41 (43, 43, 45, 45) cm for women or 46 (48, 48, 50, 50) cm for men. Body and sleeves are joined for the round yoke, 204 (210, 216, 234, 240) stitches, and the 43-round yoke chart takes it to 78 (78, 82, 86, 90): beside rounds 16, 21, 30 and 40 the chart prints how many stitches to decrease, and on rounds 27 and 38 it marks a knit-2-together in each repeat. Sizes XS to L leave out marked rounds — XS knits 37 rounds, S 38, M 40, L 41 and XL all 43. The neckband is knitted in M on 4½ mm double-pointed needles: decreased evenly to 54 (54, 56, 58, 60) stitches, 8 cm of knit 1, purl 1 rib, bound off loosely, folded in half to the inside and sewn down. The underarms are grafted. Hat: knitted in the round in black heather on 6 mm double-pointed needles — 63 (66) stitches in stocking stitch for 21 (22) cm, with no rib; the crown is decreased in three steps (knit 1, knit 2 together all round; 3 plain rounds; knit 2 together all round; 2 plain rounds; then knit 2 together until 6 stitches remain) and the yarn is drawn through the last stitches.

Design: Astrid Ellingsen (sweater) and Guðrún Jónsdóttir (hat) — pattern from Lopi No. 12 (no. 14), Ístex.

How you get it — the pattern is a PDF in English. It is emailed to you right after purchase; nothing is posted.

Yarn — not included. We sell Ístex lopi by the ball in our yarn shop, or choose the kit, which has this pattern and all the yarn in one parcel.

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